"Cut me ___ slack!" ("Give me a break!") Crossword Clue

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"Cut me ___ slack!" ("Give me a break!") Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
(adjective)
1. (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
2. relatively many but unspecified in number

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SLACK (noun)
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
2. a stretch of water without current or movement
SLACK (verb)
1. make less active or fast
2. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
SLACK (adjective)
1. not tense or taut
2. lacking in rigor or strictness
BREAK (noun)
1. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
2. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
BREAK (verb)
1. enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
2. be released or become known; of news

More Daily Themed Crossword (6/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. Judge and attorney's field

4. Police officer, slangily

7. "Viva ___ Vegas," song by Elvis Presley

10. Self-images that can be “bruised” or “boosted”

12. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" tool

14. Heredity unit

15. Hog's house

16. Field furrow maker (rhymes with "clow")

17. Belief that can be “busted

19. Unaccounted-for soldiers: Abbr.

20. Name repeated twice in the title of a 1999 Grammy-winning hit by Santana ... and the first name for tennis player Sharapova

23. ___ Man, "The Wizard of Oz" character

24. Roses ___ red

25. Go ___ a tangent (get sidetracked): 2 wds.

28. George Strait's "One Night ___ Time": 2 wds.

31. ___ doll (homemade doll, perhaps)

32. Almost an eternity

33. '__ the season to be jolly'

34. Network with an eye logo: Abbr.

35. Paid athlete, for short

36. Name cried out in a 1970 rock hit by Eric Clapton featuring the line "... you've got me on my knees"

38. Prefix with “fill” to mean an area for garbage disposal

39. Dandruff location

40. Julia Roberts starrer "___ Lisa Smile"

41. Animal's warm coat

42. Billie ___, name popularized by Michael Jackson's eponymous 1983 hit, along with his iconic moonwalk dance move

44. Zero, in a Premier League match

46. They might be in your favor?

50. ___ dokie

51. ___-eyed (innocent looking)

52. One with a crystal ball

53. Name in the title of a 1972 Michael Jackson song sung as a tribute to a loyal mouse ... and the first name for actor Affleck

54. ___-man army

55. Sail the seven ___ (be an explorer)

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Down

1. Break a ___ (good luck)

2. Under ___ (minor)

3. Brought the trophy home, say

4. "How much does it ___?" ("What's the price?")

5. Under ___ (sworn to tell the truth)

6. Open slightly, as with a crowbar

7. Name in the title of a 1970 classic by the Kinks that is set in a Soho club where the champagne "tastes just like Coca-Cola"

8. Famous ___ (cookie brand)

9. Use a needle and thread

11. Game that's right before the finals, for short

13. What many fidget toys do

18. Chinese basketballer ___ Ming

19. Hour division, for short:

20. "I Need to Know" singer Anthony

21. Kuwaiti or Qatari, e.g.

22. List of dos and don'ts, briefly

23. "I can't, I've got a ___ of work"

26. Name in the title of a 1975 international hit by ABBA with the nostalgic refrain "there was something in the air that night ..."

27. Menu contents

28. "Right back ___!" ("You too!"): 2 wds.

29. Cashier’s drawer

30. ___ Rocky ("Goldie" rapper)

35. Peter ___, Wendy Darling's friend

36. Baton Rouge school (Abbr.)

37. Crossword direction, half the time

38. Like a reclusive wolf

40. "State and ___," 2000 comedy film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman

41. Head for the hills, say

42. LinkedIn listing

43. Scrape by.

45. Electrically charged particle

47. "Cee" follower, alphabetically

48. Narcotics-busting organization: Abbr.

49. Grads-to-be, for short

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